25 patents
Utility
Electric actuator
19 Dec 23
An electric actuator includes a stationary support and a guide system having a single stationary guide joined to the stationary support having an axis.
Dmitrii Pokhil, Byron Saari, Charles Groepper, Paul Carroll
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Support jig with improved support grips
7 Nov 23
A support jig for use with a testing machine applying loads, the support jig includes a frame and a pair of spaced apart supports joined to the frame to provide an alignment axis.
Steven Ray Lemmer
Filed: 22 Oct 21
Utility
Flat Belt Tester with Moving Endless Support Member
26 Oct 23
A testing machine for rotating test specimens includes a frame and a roadway assembly.
Zdenek Mestenhauser
Filed: 17 Apr 23
Utility
Vehicle power steering test system control
11 Apr 23
In an exemplary embodiment, a test system is provided for testing a power steering system for a vehicle, the test system including a motor, one or more sensors, and a processor.
Jarred James Versical, Bo Yu, Ian Y. Hwa, Jonathan Howard Johnston
Filed: 25 Jun 21
Utility
Vehicle Power Steering Test System Control
29 Dec 22
In an exemplary embodiment, a test system is provided for testing a power steering system for a vehicle, the test system including a motor, one or more sensors, and a processor.
Jarred James Versical, Bo Yu, Ian Y. Hwa, Jonathan Howard Johnston
Filed: 25 Jun 21
Utility
Combination Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor
28 Apr 22
A test system includes a frame.
Byron John Saari, Scott Gale Johnson
Filed: 4 Nov 19
Utility
a Movement Simulator
20 Jan 22
The invention is directed to a movement simulator (1) comprising of a moveable support (2) having three translational degrees of freedom connected to a base (3) by means of three actuators (4), wherein each actuator (4) comprises a rotating shaft (5) having two outer ends (6,7) and comprising two spaced apart cranks (10,11), an electric motor (21) comprising a rotor (22) and a stator (23), a support structure (8,9) comprising bearings (26,27) for the rotating shaft (5).
Pieter LOOKEREN CAMPAGNE, Martijn BRUIJNS
Filed: 5 Dec 19
Utility
Movement platform system
7 Dec 21
The invention is directed to an overdetermined movement platform system, comprising a base; a platform movable along 6 degrees of freedom relative to said base; at least eight long-stroke actuators, wherein each actuator couples the base with the platform and a controller which (a) is configured to adapt a demanded platform movement set-point to a commanded platform movement set-point, (b) is configured to move the eight long-stroke actuators such that the commanded platform movement set-point is achieved and (c) is configured to dynamically redistribute the forces as exercised by the actuators on the platform between the actuators.
Marinus Cornelis Christaan Veltena
Filed: 24 May 17
Utility
Electric machine with stator cooling channels
1 Jun 21
An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably supported by the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis and a stator assembly fixed secured to the housing spaced apart from a surface of the rotor and concentric with the rotor about the longitudinal axis.
Victor Leonid Aronovich, John Wesley Wattleworth, Gregory Alan Larson
Filed: 14 Sep 17
Utility
Linear motor with armature cooling channels
27 Apr 21
An electric linear motor includes a support structure, a stator assembly secured to the support structure, and an armature assembly secured to the support structure for guided movement relative to the stator assembly.
Steven Robert Haeg, Dmitrii Tarasovich Pokhil, Charles Groepper
Filed: 9 Oct 18
Utility
Electric actuator
12 Jan 21
An electric actuator assembly having a support housing, a first stator magnetic field generating assembly secured to the support housing and a movable armature assembly.
Andrew Gregory Simon, Andrew Timothy Reiner, Paul Martin Krueger, Bradley Dean Schulz
Filed: 7 Dec 17
Utility
Methods and systems for testing coupled hybrid dynamic systems
28 Dec 20
A test system and method for testing a coupled hybrid dynamic system in simulated motion along a path includes a physical test rig configured to test a physical component.
David M. Fricke
Filed: 30 Jul 19
Utility
Extensometer structure
30 Nov 20
An extensometer structure includes a first extension arm having a first mount configured to support a first specimen engaging member and a second extension arm having a second mount configured to support a second specimen engaging member.
Richard A. Meyer, Dustin Bonner, David Yap Chua, John Albert Christiansen
Filed: 2 Dec 18
Utility
Movement Platform System
7 Oct 20
The invention is directed to an overdetermined movement platform system, comprising a base; a platform movable along 6 degrees of freedom relative to said base; at least eight long-stroke actuators, wherein each actuator couples the base with the platform and a controller which (a) is configured to adapt a demanded platform movement set-point to a commanded platform movement set-point, (b) is configured to move the eight long-stroke actuators such that the commanded platform movement set-point is achieved and (c) is configured to dynamically redistribute the forces as exercised by the actuators on the platform between the actuators.
Marinus Cornelis Christaan VELTENA
Filed: 23 May 17
Utility
Integrated machine information management with application interactive user interface
5 Oct 20
A computer implemented method of lab management, including providing machine information on a service tag for a machine, the machine information suitable for uniquely identifying the machine, and storing auxiliary information about the machine on at least one of one or more remote devices, the at least one of the one or more remote devices configured to scan the service tag to retrieve machine information therefrom, and to integrate the auxiliary information with the machine information on the service tag.
Andrew Frenz, Nicholas M. Kreidberg, Andrew Stephen Welters, Paul Christopher Norton, Jeffrey Michael Crane
Filed: 6 Dec 18
Utility
Method of constructing an electric linear displacement motor
10 Aug 20
A method of constructing an electric linear displacement motor for use in a testing device includes providing a stator having as stator housing with internal coils and a through bore extending from a first end of the stator housing to the second end of the housing.
Tyler B. Kuhlmann, Bradley Dean Schulz, Paul M. Krueger, Don Curtis Petersen
Filed: 22 Oct 17
Utility
Testing machine with graphical user interface with situational awareness
13 Jul 20
A testing machine for testing a test specimen includes an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to the test specimen; and a computing device configured to control the actuator assembly, the computing device including a graphical user interface that renders at least a visual representation or a simulated visual representation of at least a parameter of the component or the component changing in accordance with changes of the actual corresponding component on the testing machine.
Bradley Dean Schulz, Michael Ray Buth, Jeffrey Allan Breece, David Martin Tillman, Maureen Bitney, Darrell Robert Bennington, Pinklekumar D. Patel
Filed: 22 Feb 18
Utility
Mobile application interactive user interface for a remote computing device monitoring a test device
1 Jun 20
Remotely monitoring a test on a test specimen includes receiving information pertaining to the test, rendering on a remote computing device display an information message having portions indicative of a testing device, of information related to the testing device or a test being conducted on the testing device, and of time that has elapsed since the second portion has occurred, and updating the third portion indicative of the time that has elapsed.
Andrew Frenz, Freeman Stephen Kirschbaum, Philip Moorjani
Filed: 7 Apr 19
Utility
Methods and Systems for Testing Coupled Hybrid Dynamic Systems
25 Mar 20
A test system and method for testing a coupled hybrid dynamic system in simulated motion along a path includes a physical test rig configured to test a physical component.
David M. Fricke
Filed: 30 Jul 19
Utility
Load transducer having a biasing assembly
16 Mar 20
In one aspect, a transducer body, includes a support including a pair of clevis halves; and a sensor body coupled to each of the clevis halves.
Richard A. Meyer, Robert L. Josephson, Jason A. Christopherson, Todd Robert Osmundson, Nicholas Devon LaMoore, Riley August Rogotzke
Filed: 2 Mar 17